Russian Black Sea Port Halts Fuel Exports After Ukrainian Strike – The Moscow Times

  1. Russian Black Sea Port Halts Fuel Exports After Ukrainian Strike  The Moscow Times
  2. Opinion | Hitting Putin Where It Hurts  The Wall Street Journal
  3. Ukrainian drones reach deep inside Russia as battle for key city rages on  AP News
  4. Crucial Russian oil refinery ignited during Ukrainian drone assault  New York Post
  5. Ukrainian military says it struck refinery in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod  Reuters
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Pope Leo Says ‘Spiritual Needs’ Of Migrants In US Not Being Met – Forbes

  1. Pope Leo Says ‘Spiritual Needs’ Of Migrants In US Not Being Met  Forbes
  2. Pope Leo offers his strongest criticism of Trump yet  BBC
  3. Pope Leo calls for "deep reflection" over treatment of migrants after hearing communion denied at Broadview ICE facility  CBS News
  4. Pope Leo XIV wants clergy let in at Broadview  Axios
  5. Pope: ‘Spiritual rights’ of migrant detainees must be respected  Vatican News
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US supreme court hears oral arguments on legality of Trump imposing tariffs

President’s tariffs are being scrutinized in crucial legal test of plan to impose duties on nearly every US trading partner

Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on the world are being scrutinized by the US supreme court today, a crucial legal test of the president’s controversial economic strategy – and his power.

Justices started to hear oral arguments this morning on the legality of using emergency powers to impose tariffs on almost every US trading partner.

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Air safety officials to investigate deadly UPS cargo plane crash near Kentucky airport

Aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff at Louisville international airport, killing at least nine and injuring 11

Dozens of air safety investigators are set to arrive in Kentucky on Wednesday to piece together evidence on how a UPS cargo plane crashed and erupted into a huge fireball, killing at least nine people and injuring a further 11.

At least 28 National Transportation Safety Board agents will start searching for clues about the possible cause of the disaster, which saw the UPS plane crash shortly after takeoff at the Louisville Muhammad Ali international airport, leaving behind a fiery trail of destruction on the ground and a huge plume of black smoke.

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Israel’s politicians are taking on its lawyers once again – The Economist

  1. Israel’s politicians are taking on its lawyers once again  The Economist
  2. Israel’s focus on political drama rather than Palestinian rape victim  Al Jazeera
  3. A leaked video, a frantic search, and the top military lawyer: What to know about the scandal rocking Israel  CNN
  4. Ex-MAG set to be released from custody as probe widens, and High Court weighs who will run it  The Times of Israel
  5. Israel's 'Military Whitewasher' Became the National Scapegoat  Haaretz
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‘At the mercy of nature’: how the Caribbean is dealing with the unprecedented Hurricane Melissa – The Guardian

  1. ‘At the mercy of nature’: how the Caribbean is dealing with the unprecedented Hurricane Melissa  The Guardian
  2. ‘The Whole Place Is Blown Apart’: 90% of Jamaican Town’s Homes Destroyed  The New York Times
  3. Upstate nonprofit takes first flight of supplies to Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa  WYFF News 4
  4. Just In Time  Samaritan's Purse
  5. Jamaica sees 30% GDP hit from Hurricane Melissa, at least 75 dead in Caribbean  Reuters
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Second accidental release of prisoner ‘utterly unacceptable’, No 10 says, as Lammy blames system left by Tories – UK politics live

Lammy, standing in for Keir Starmer, avoided answering questions on the mistaken release during PMQs

David Lammy starts by saying the PM is in Brazil.

He says the thoughts of all MPs are still with the victims of the appalling attacks in Huntingdon and Peterborough, where, he says, he was at school for seven years.

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The devious way Democrats copied Trump to win: MARK HALPERIN digs into the exit polls to expose their secrets – Daily Mail

  1. The devious way Democrats copied Trump to win: MARK HALPERIN digs into the exit polls to expose their secrets  Daily Mail
  2. California voters approve new US House map designed to boost Democrats in 2026, aiming to blunt GOP changes elsewhere  Yahoo
  3. See stunning voter data rattling Trump in Ari’s 2025 elex breakdown  Yahoo
  4. 'A landslide': analyst on Democrats' 2025 elections sweep  Yahoo
  5. California votes yes on Prop 50  Yahoo
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Brazil’s deadliest police raid puts Lula in a political bind – Reuters

  1. Brazil's deadliest police raid puts Lula in a political bind  Reuters
  2. A bloody police raid in Rio was the deadliest in Brazil’s history  The Economist
  3. Brazil's president calls for investigation after 121 killed in police operation against gang: "There was a massacre"  CBS News
  4. Brazil: Police massacre in Rio de Janeiro is evidence yet again of systemic and racist violence  Amnesty International
  5. Over 130 Killed in Bloody Crackdown on Drug Gangs in Rio de Janeiro  The New York Times
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Germany says 18 arrested after probe of online fraud involving payment providers – Reuters

  1. Germany says 18 arrested after probe of online fraud involving payment providers  Reuters
  2. Eurojust coordinates major operation against EUR 300 million global credit card fraud: 18 arrests  Eurojust
  3. German probe of suspected fraud and money-laundering extends to Canada  CBC
  4. Fintech Fraud Scandal Uncovered in Germany  Bloomberg.com
  5. Eighteen arrested in connection with alleged global online fraud network  Financial Times
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